substring matching

[M.N.A.Smadi]

hi;

say i have the following variable

data="""XYZ dflsjdfkl sdfsdhfl
jdsflkdsjf
sldjfsldjf
"""

i need to make sure that the first part is actually XYZ, is there an
easy way of doing that?

thanks
m.smadi

 

[Roel Schroeven]

hi;

say i have the following variable

data="""XYZ dflsjdfkl sdfsdhfl
jdsflkdsjf
sldjfsldjf
"""

i need to make sure that the first part is actually XYZ, is there an
easy way of doing that?

data.startswith("XYZ")